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Malvinas en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /mælˈviːnəs/
• /mælˈviːnəz/
• /məl-/
• /mɑl-/

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Malvinas, from French Malouines.

Meanings

1. (uncommon) The Falkland Islands, the Falklands: An archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, located in the South Atlantic.
   • Argentina might be granted political sovereignty over the Malvinas in return for acknowledging Britain's right to participate in the economic development of the islands and the islanders' right to continue their way of life. 1988, Lowell S. Gustafson, The Sovereignty Dispute Over the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 106:
   • The EU is not in a situation to express any position on the Falklands/Malvinas, as there has not been any council [of member states]^([sic]) discussion or decision on this matter. 2023 July 19, Nadeem Badshah, quoting Peter Stano, “Islas Malvinas: EU signs deal using Falklands’ Argentine name”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
   • The 40th anniversary of the Malvinas war compels us to pay homage to and honour the memory of the fallen Argentine and British soldiers who lost their lives there. It should also lead us to reflect on why, four decades on from the cessation of hostilities, Argentina and the United Kingdom have not been able to resume a substantive dialogue to resolve the sovereignty dispute over the Malvinas, South Georgias and South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime areas, despite the call made by the international community through UN resolutions. 2022 April 2, Santiago Cafiero, “Forty years after the Malvinas war, Britain still acts as if the dispute is settled. It isn’t”, in The Guardian:

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Relateds

Saint-Malo